These worksheets explore 32 potential pitfalls, risks and dangers of using social media, allowing educators and parents to discuss those topics with young folks to raise awareness about online safety and promote digital literacy skills.
Each worksheet provides information, research data and advice on how to tackle those issues, along with online resources and tools which can easily be adapted and used in an educational setting.
These safety resources aim to promote active social media use, instead of passive consumption, to develop users’ critical-thinking skills and help them responsibly navigate and use online content to their advantage, while reducing the apprehension some professionals of education may have about the unrestricted nature of social media.
Awareness of social media rules & consequences
Critical thinking on social media
Filters for age approrpiate content
Games that could be used on the subject
How to find & maintain safe spaces on social media
How to research academic content
How to safely start & manage online friendship
How to safely use artificial intelligence in education
How to stay focused and not get lost on social networks
How to talk to your child about social media
Intellectual property & copyright issues
Online predators and identity thefts
Polite commenting & rules of behaviour